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A decade ago, Ed Feng was just a curious sports fan who wanted to win his bracket in March. He enjoyed books like Moneyball and Basketball on Paper but never put the ideas to use for winning a pool. That changed in 2008. After reading an academic paper on Google’s technology, Ed was inspired to apply his Stanford Ph.D. to the ranking of sports teams. From 2002 through 2018, his pre-tournament numbers predicted the winner of 71.2% of March Madness games (792-320).
In this ten part podcast series Ed will explain how you can push all the right buttons and win your bracket.
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Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 11: Virginia Tech, be like a rat
Virginia Tech as a sleeper in the East region, and why you might still decide to go against the analytics in picking your bracket
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Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 10: Bracket analysis
Does any favorite have an easier path to the Final Four? Which region might be the most interesting?
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Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 9: Duke
Duke was the favorite to win the tournament. Then Zion destroyed his shoe and hurt his knee. How do we evaluate this talented group of freshmen?
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Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 8: Should you avoid three point shooting teams as champion?
Live by the three, die by the three. The data behind whether to go against teams that fire up the threes.
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Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 7: Kentucky
Kentucky
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Pure Bracket Wisdom Episode 6: Contrarian
To win larger pools, you need to go against the public and think contrarian.
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Customer Reviews
Fantastic
Great and well-thought out rationale on everything brackets
Math rules
It is so nice to hear rational thought clearly explained. Very interesting and worth the time.
Love it
This thoughtful and entertaining podcast has me super excited for the tournament!!! And to win my pool!!!!